A late medieval tannery at Stratford

Harry Platts presents PCA’s excavations at Stratford and the evidence for a late medieval tannery operating on the edge of a changing London economy. From tanning pits and horncores to parasite eggs and oak bark, the site offered a remarkable insight into the industrial landscape of medieval Stratford and the people who worked within it.…

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Inside Archaeology: the Norfolk Hoard

We’re pleased to share a new video from Inside Archaeology, featuring the PCA team involved in the discovery of the Iron Age hoard that includes the Norfolk carnyx. Rachel brought the site team together to talk about the moment the hoard was uncovered and the excitement of realising what had been found. Many thanks to…

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Secular and Religious History Through Time

Last December Eric Parry Architects hosted a seminar on collaborative work between archaeologists and architects featuring. Joe Brooks gave a talk with Jessica Bryan from MOLA called ‘Secular and Religious History Through Time’, on the history and archaeology of 50 & 120 Fenchurch Street. . PCA’s 2015 excavations at 116-120 Fenchurch Street revealed a complex…

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Fine dining, quarrying, and manufacturing Medieval & later landuse

Dougie Killock’s talk to COLAS presenting the preliminary results of our excavations on the site of the Hampton by Hilton London City hotel in Aldgate, which took place as part of the hotel’s development. We found archaeology dating from the Roman period, when the site was located close to the main road to Colchester, through…

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Hadrian’s Wall – Turret 3a

Scott Vance spoke about our thrilling discovery of Turret 3a to a full house at the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, as one of their monthly members’ lectures. Turret 3a is the first turret to be found in almost 40 years; excitingly this also means there may be more of the wall yet…

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Roman London west of the Walbrook

Ireneo Grosso presents his preliminary interpretations of recent PCA excavations between Coleman Street and Moorgate to the the LAMAS 59th Annual Conference of London Archaeologists. This talk focuses on the main Roman structures and deposits recorded during our excavation in the City of London. During our mitigation work we unearthed evidence of two Roman roads,…

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